On Friday 08 October 2010 10:36:12 Mark Simonetti wrote: > Is it best practise for the installer to create all the registry keys > that the application itself might create? I imagine the biggest pros to > that would be that the installer controls the default settings, also > making them configurable on the installer command line, and also the > keys will be removed if the application is uninstalled keeping it clean.
The potential problem with having the installer create and remove them is that users probably expect to be able to reinstall the application and have their data still be accessible. -- Bruce Cran ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
